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Goals

  • Review IC/EV historical PDRs
  • Review notes from IC/EV captains and chief engineer regarding PDR
  • Establish content requirements for solar PDR
  • Establish presentation guidelines for solar PDR
  • Optionally make a template for PDR

Discussion Agenda

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Discussion Notes

  • Combustion PDR
    • Purpose: to present high level data analysis and justification for pursuing projects
    • Not specific designs yet, but mainly justifications
    • Spent 1-2 hours per system (note: were very inefficient while going through them)
    • BUT 1-2 hours including Q&A is still probably a good mark for each system
      • Q&A takes majority of time
        • honing in on why designs/changes are being made
    • Essentially a more detailed version of our SRR
      • Can be technical, but more in the sense of explaining justifications than going in-depth on specific parts
    • Comparative analysis
      • Decision matrices
      • Why do we need to do this project?
  • Electric PDR
    • Set team level, system level, project level goals
    • Clear targets in terms of projects
    • Test plans
    • MVP of the system and stretch goals
  • Our PDR?
    • Self-contained
    • What we are doing and why we are doing it
    • Analyze and consider all options for design decisions
    • Ishan - I think it would be good to include MVP(minimum viable product) and stretch goals
      • barebones, what the system needs to go in car
  • General Feedback TLDR:
    • PDR Mission statements (what do you wanna see?)
      • Ishan -  What are we building, specifically design details starting from a high level and going down to a component level, and why we think this design is the most effective at accomplishing the goals set out in SRR (justification). A layout of the work we need to do between now and CDR that we think is reasonable.
      • Sid- Here is what we are building to address the problems we outlined in SRR. Here is our initial plan of attack (diagrams etc.) with a fully thought out justification on this design (decision matrices and comparative analysis). Here is our MVP that is regs-legal, and our stretch goals. Here are some items that we would like feedback on.
      • Roy - Honing in on justification for design changes, both major and minor, and other projects that'll require manpower throughout the next design cycle.
    • PDR Official Mission: What are we building, specifically design details starting from a high level and going down to a project level, and why we think this design is the most effective at accomplishing the goals set out in SRR with a high degree of justification. A layout of the work we need to do between now and CDR that we think is reasonable: minimum viable product and stretch goals included. Analyze all potential avenues for each decision with a hyper-critical eye. Plan for testing & verification.
Info

Our design goal is to build a solar vehicle that can cross 2000~3000 miles of backroad terrain in a cross-country competition.


Action items

  •  Each system needs to have a 1-2 sentence description of that system's overarching design goal / philosophy. All of them should fall under the context of the one above.